Montgomery County Public Schools                                                                                                  Montgomery County, Virginia
 
 

   Pre Civil War
 

   1828 - 1860 
 
 

SLAVERY

Background Information
Virginia in 1831
Nat Turner's Rebellion
1831-1832 Virginia General Assembly Debate Over Slavery
The Debate of 1832
The Significance of Debate of 1832
Speech of John A. Chandler
Thomas Dew's Review of Debate in  VA Legislature
Virginia Population in 1860
How Free is Free?
The Slavery Issue
Slavery and Civil Rights in Virginia
Selected Statistics on Slavery in the U.S.
Planters and Slaves
The Life of the Negro in the Old South
Northern and Southern Sentiments
Using Excerpts About Slavery
Excerpt from Virginia:  History, Government, Geography
Excerpt from Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl:  by Herself
Excerpt from the Writings of Sir Charles Lyell
Excerpt from Lecture by Frederick Douglas
Slaves Speak Out
Free and Slave Areas 1861
Slavery and Issues of Human Rights
King Cotton and Slavery
Internal Slave Trade
 
 

MISCELLANEOUS

The Age of the Common People
Life in Christiansburg, c. 1850
History of Richmond
Virginians in Other States in 1860
Comparing Life Styles in 1860
1860 Blacksburg Census
Using the 1860 Blacksburg Census
Point/Counterpoint
Evaluating Graphs


 

Graphics by:                                                                                 Comments to:  Melanie Harvey